EDITORIAL

Many soldiers loved ones in the Cambridge area share the frustration expressed by the concerned parents who wrote the letter to the editor that appears on this page.

We thought that making quick work of Iraqs military force and sending Saddam Husseins regime running would suffice.

Instead, Americans are dying in Iraq on a daily basis.

The fact remains that we took on this task when we decided war was our only recourse, and its essential that our effort to get Iraq back on track is not shortchanged, either in manpower or material resources. The sooner Iraq is fixed, the sooner Americans can be on their way home.

Let this be a lesson to pursue postwar nation rebuilding as vigorously as we pursue war itself.

Maybe we will get it right the next time, in the worst-case scenario that there should have to be a next time.